Melancholy Musician Pillows

"Fall makes him sad."

'Boy...usually it just gently weeps.'

"I've got those 'Don't worry about me, I'll just be here, all alone' blues."

"Events seem to be headed in the right direction. Unfortunately, it's not taking me with it."

"The artist-in-residence is struggling a bit, but other than that we're fine."

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

"In closing, I'd just like to say you've been a great crowd, folks. Don't forget to tip your waitress, and I hope this final number breaks your heart the way show business broke mine."

'I hate my life.

'Dreams of how it might have been.'

"Half-full. Those were the days."

Trilby - 'Malbrouck s'en va-t'en guerre'.

"Woke up this mornin', Found myself trapped in the Blues genre..."

"Perhaps a dirge would lift your spirits?"

"I asked Bill to accompany this presentation with something in a haunting minor key."

Books: Success stories & Sob stories.

"Our flavors of the day are Prodigal, Importune, and Mal de Siècle."

"I never got a chance to say 'Shut up.' "

'I think our marriage would make a great country song.'

Man has storm cloud umbrella.

Bored couple.

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

Tears

Picasso's Blues Period

Tailpiece to E Dowson's 'The Pierrot of the Minute'

Sad Songs.

"I'm full of an unspeakable sadness and it goes a little something like this..."

"I like sad songs."

There's a tear in my beer.

Where the boulevard of broken dreams crosses the avenue of broken appliances...

Looking miserable out there today...

'Your work is so bleak, so despairing, your angst so wrenching. I've never read a party invitation quite like it before.'

"This drink? It's called loneliness. Care to join me?"

Brenda Sanchez undergoes her daily moment of ‘Woe Is me.'